BMW iX2 vs Toyota C-HR+

The BMW iX2 costs £7,320 more than the Toyota C-HR+. For that premium it adds 35 miles more WLTP range and 109 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the BMW iX2 comes out ahead overall.

The Toyota C-HR+ is £7,320 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £136 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Toyota C-HR+ comes out roughly £7,320 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 265 miles for the BMW iX2 and 235 miles for the Toyota C-HR+ - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The BMW iX2 goes roughly 30 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 29-30 minutes.

The two are within 25 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 555 mm of total clearance for the BMW iX2 and about 530 mm of total clearance for the Toyota C-HR+. The Toyota C-HR+ also turns in a 0.9 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the BMW iX2 and 84% for the Toyota C-HR+. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.